About the book: 2017 / The book by Charles G. Addison, a legal scholar and expert on the history of the order, is dedicated to the legendary brotherhood of the Poor Knights of the Temple of Jerusalem. The author talks about the origins of the most powerful military-religious order of that time, the peculiarities of the charter, hierarchy and possessions of the Templars in the East and West. Addison reports on the exploits of the Templars in defense of the Holy Land, the participation of the Knights of the Temple in the military campaigns of Richard the Lionheart and other Christian kings, the confrontation with Saladin, the siege of Jerusalem and the tragic loss of Acre, the last stronghold of the Templars in the Holy Land, and also covers the trial over the Templars in England. In the last chapters of his book, Charles Addison, Esquire of the Inner Temple, describes the main residence of the Templars in England and the magnificent temple of the monastery, and also sets out the history of the London Temple after the dissolution of the order and the transfer of its possessions to the ownership of jurists, who restored a number of customs of the Knights of the Temple and revived traditions past hospitality.